Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling
A Recap of October 1950
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The first card in October was held on Monday in Shreveport. The card opened with a one fall women’s match. Millie Stafford defeated Lilly Bitter in that match.
In the semi-final George Curtis and Charlie Laye met in a best two out of three falls match. Curtis scored the opening fall after he pinned Laye. Laye came back and won the next two falls straight to win the match.
In the main event Jack Curtis teamed with his protégé Lilly Bitter to take on the Black Phantom & Millie Stafford in a mixed tag team match. The Phantom pinned Curtis after stomping him in the throat to win the first fall. Curtis evened the score when he pinned the Phantom after a series of flying mares to win the second fall. In the third and deciding fall Bitter hit Stafford with a series of dropkicks and pinned her to win the fall and the match.
On Tuesday in Monroe, George Curtis faced Billy Sandow in the first of a double main event. Curtis took two out of three falls from Sandow to win the match, which was a hard fought but clean match.
In the main event Henry Harrell made his first appearance in Monroe in months as he took on the Black Phantom. The Phantom took the first fall when he pinned Harrell in 12 minutes. Harrell came back and scored the second fall with a pin in 8 minutes. In the third and deciding fall Harrell had the Phantom up against the ropes and was attempting to unlace his mask. Referee Bill Barney tried in vain to break up the action only to be shoved by Harrell. Barney disqualified Harrell and awarded the match to the Phantom, who quickly left the ring with his mask in place. Harrell and Barney squared off and were about to go at it until promoter Gus Kallio interceded.
That same Tuesday evening in Baton Rouge the opening match of the evening ended with a draw between Don Keene and Angelo Austeri.
Charley Keene pinned Jack (Stinger) Steele to win the second match of the night.
In the main event, Charley & Don Keene teamed up to take on Austeri & Steele in a tag team match. Charley Keene pinned Steele after a series of bodyslams to win the first fall. Austeri used a single leg Boston Crab to force Don Keene to submit to win the second fall. In the third and deciding fall, Don Keene flattened Steele with a dropkick and quickly tagged his brother. Charley Keene applied the pin to win the fall and the match for the Keene Brothers.
Also on Tuesday, wrestling in Montgomery was presented instead of the regular Friday night card. On that card Jack Wentworth took the first and third falls to defeat Pat Malone in the opening match.
The main event featured a match between Tarzan White taking on Jack Kelly. Each man had won a fall apiece going into the third and deciding fall. Kelly was disqualified for using a foul, giving the fall and the match to White.
The following evening in Alexandria Don Keene and Angelo Austeri battled to a draw in a one fall opening match.
Big Brother Charley Keene faced Jack Steele in a second one fall match. Steele got a little too carried away with his fists and was disqualified, giving the match to Keene.
The Keene Brothers joined forces in the main event as they faced off with Austeri & Steele in a tag team match. In the first fall Austeri had Charley Keene up in the air for a bodyslam, but Keene wrapped up Austeri’s arms and rolled him into a pinning combination to take the fall. Don Keene was the victim of double teaming in the second fall and was pinned by Austeri who used a jackknife to score the fall. In the third and deciding fall the match went back and forth several times until the Keene Brothers tied Austeri in the ropes. They then battered Steele and picked him up and used him as a battering ram into Austeri. Steele was then slammed to the match and Don Keene pinned him to win the fall and the match.
That same evening in Gulfport George Curtis and Charlie Laye battled to a draw in a one fall preliminary match.
The second preliminary match was a women’s match between Lilly Bitter and Millie Stafford. Stafford used a jackknife to pin Bitter and win the match.
The main event was a mixed tag team match with George Curtis & Lilly Bitter teaming to take on Charlie Laye & Millie Stafford. Laye won the first fall for his team when he forced Curtis to submit to a Boston Crab in 11 minutes. Curtis returned the favor when he forced Laye to submit to an abdominal stretch to take the second fall in 14 minutes. During the third and deciding fall Bitter had scooped Stafford up for a bodyslam but Stafford grabbed the ropes and held on for dear life. Referee Arthur Skidmore moved in to force Bitter to put her foe down and break the hold. Bitter simply tossed Stafford into the arms of Skidmore, who set her down gently on the mat. Bitter then hit Stafford with a series of dropkicks and pinned her to win the fall and the match for her team.
Wrestling also returned to Mobile that same Wednesday evening. Pat Malone defeated Jack Wentworth in the opening match by winning two out of three falls. Malone, the erstwhile Green Shadow, had once again shed the mask and was wrestling barefaced under his own name.
Jack Kelly took two out of three falls to defeat Tarzan White in the main event of the evening.
The next evening in New Orleans Charley Keene and Jack Steele battled to a draw in the one fall opening match.
Jack Wentworth defeated Pat Malone in the second preliminary match, which was also a one fall match.
The semi-final match was a 15 round boxing match between Don Keene and Jack Kelly. In round five Kelly knocked Keene from the ring and referee Charlie Cure counted him out. The bout was awarded to Kelly in five rounds.
The main event had World Jr. Heavyweight champion Tarzan White facing Angelo Austeri in a non-title match. White won two out of three falls over Austeri to win the match.
On Friday in Jackson, George Curtis and Charlie Laye battled to yet another draw in the one fall opening match.
In the second event of the evening Henry Harrell defeated Billy Sandow in a clean, scientific one fall match.
The main event was another mixed tag team match with Jack Curtis & Lilly Bitter taking on the Black Phantom & Millie Stafford. Curtis used a series of bodyslams on the Phantom and pinned him to take the first fall. The masked man came back did likewise to Curtis to win the second fall and even the score. The third and deciding fall found all four combatants in the ring at the same time. At one point Curtis scooped up Stafford and spun her in an airplane spin. Referee Claude Skidmore demanded that Curtis put the lass down so Curtis simply tossed her at Skidmore, who caught Stafford in his arms. Curtis then grabbed the Phantom and held him in a corner while Bitter flattened the dizzy Stafford and pinned her to win the fall and the match.
The following week in Shreveport the card opened with three preliminary matches. In the first Charlie Laye defeated Billy Sandow by pinning him in 18 minutes after a series of dropkicks and bodyslams.
The second match of the evening had George Curtis going against the Black Phantom. The Phantom was disqualified by referee Conway Baker for use of fists, giving the match to Curtis
In the third preliminary match Jack Curtis faced Paddy Mack, returning after several months’ absence. Curtis used a series of bodyslams and pinned Mack in 17 minutes to win the match.
The main event was a six-man tag team match with Billy Sandow joining forces with Jack & George Curtis to face the threesome of Charlie Laye, Paddy Mack & the Black Phantom. George Curtis pinned Laye after a series of bodyslams to take the first fall. Laye came back and roughed up Sandow and pinned him to win the second fall. George Curtis won the third and deciding fall for his team when he flatted Mack with a series of flying dropkicks and pinned him.
On Tuesday in Monroe, George Curtis and the Black Phantom battled to a draw in the one fall opening match. The second match of the evening, also a one fall affair between Henry Harrell and Garza Lozano also went to a time limit draw.
In the main event George Curtis & Henry Harrell teamed to take on Garza Lozano & the Black Phantom in a tag team match. Lozano pinned Harrell to take the first fall for his team. In the second fall Curtis and Lozano took turns trading elbow smashes while Harrell and the Phantom battled in a corner. Curtis knocked Lozano from the ring while Harrell rolled the Phantom into a pinning cradle. Referee Claude Skidmore, not sure who was legal and who wasn’t, counted the Phantom out and awarded the second fall to Harrell & Curtis. During the third and deciding fall an argument erupted between Lozano and Skidmore, with the referee chasing Lozano from the ring. The Phantom finally pinned Curtis to take the fall and the match for his team.
That same Tuesday evening in Baton Rouge the card opened with a pair of singles matches, both involving the Keene Brothers. Charley Keene pinned Angelo Austeri in 9 minutes to win the opening match.
Don Keene was awarded the single match of the evening when his opponent, Pat Malone, was disqualified by referee Blackie Harrelson for excessive roughness.
In the main event the Keene Brothers joined forces to face Austeri & Malone in a tag team match. Don Keene took the first fall for his team when he pinned Malone. Malone came back and forced Charley Keene to submit to a Boston Crab to win the second. Austeri used a series of backbreakers on Don Keene and pinned him to win the third fall and the match.
For the second week in a row the Montgomery wrestling card was also held on Tuesday. On this card Charley Keene faced Jack Steele in the opening match.
Don Keene, the younger of the two Birmingham brothers, faced Irish Jack Kelly in the main event of the evening.
No results are known for this card.
On Wednesday in Alexandria Charley Keene and Angelo Austeri battled to a draw in a one fall opening match. Don Keene won over Pat Malone in the second match of the evening, also a one faller. Malone was disqualified by referee Phil Brummett for using a low blow on Keene.
Charley & Don Keene teamed up to face Austeri & Malone in a tag team match in the main event. Don Keene pinned Malone to take the first fall for his team. In the second fall Malone used a series of flying mares on Charley Keene and pinned him to take the fall. Austeri managed to duck a flying tackle by Don Keene and pinned him to win the third fall and the match.
That same Wednesday evening in Gulfport the Black Phantom and Paddy Mack wrestled to a 15 minute draw in the opening match. Pat Newman and Charlie Laye also battled to a 15 minute draw in the second event of the evening.
In the main event Newman & Mack teamed together to face Charlie Laye & the Black Phantom in a tag team match. Newman pinned the Phantom to win the first fall in 15 minutes. In the second fall, Laye & the Phantom tied Mack in the ropes and were double teaming him. Referee Arthur Skidmore tried to break thing up and wound up being knocked to the mat for his troubles. Newman managed to get Mack free and all four men started swing at each other. Skidmore got some blows in as well. Newman & Mack took the second fall when they just beat their opponents into submission, winning the match in straight falls.
Also on Wednesday in Mobile, Jack Wentworth took two out of three falls over Red Byrd to win the opening match.
In the main event Tarzan White and Jack Kelly met in a rematch from the previous week. Each man had won a fall apiece when both were disqualified in the deciding fall.
On Thursday in New Orleans Don Keene and Pat Malone battled to a 30 minute draw in the one fall opening match.
Older brother Charley Keene took the nod over veteran Cyclone Burns in the second match of the evening, also a one fall affair.
In the semi-final match Jack Wentworth and Jack Kelly met in a best two out of three falls match. Kelly bloodied Wentworth on his way to winning two falls to win the match.
The main event was a return match between World Jr. Heavyweight champion Tarzan White and Angele Austeri. White had defeated Austeri the previous week and Austeri asked for the rematch. White’s title was not on the line. Austeri took two out of three falls to win the match.
The Friday night wrestling matches in Jackson were not held due to the Municipal Auditorium in use for another event.
The following Monday in Shreveport the card opened with the Black Phantom defeating Billy Sandow in 17 minutes of the one fall preliminary match.
George Curtis faced Paddy Mack in the second event of the evening. Curtis used a series of flying dropkicks on Mack and pinned him to take the first fall. In the second fall Mack got angry with referee Conway Baker and tossed him from the ring. Baker disqualified Mack and awarded the fall and the match to Curtis.
In the main event World Light-Heavyweight champion Jack Curtis put his title on the line against challenger Charlie Laye. Laye, a one time champion himself, was anxious to regain the title he once held. The match was even at a fall apiece going into the third and deciding fall. Laye had Curtis on the verge of defeat after applying a series of snap mares on him. Laye tried it one time too many when Curtis surprised him with a rolling cradle and pinned him to win the fall and the match to retain his title.
On Tuesday in Monroe George Curtis and Charlie Laye battle to a draw in the opening bout. Jack Curtis and the Black Phantom also fought to a draw in the second event of the evening.
In the main event, Jack & George Curtis face Laye & the Phantom in a tag team match. George Curtis slammed a fist into the head of the Phantom and pinned him to win the first fall. In the second fall the Phantom & Laye worked over Jack Curtis’ arm throughout the fall. Although Curtis never submitted, referee Bill Barney stopped the fall and awarded it to the Phantom & Laye. The Phantom & Laye used the same tactics on George Curtis in the third and deciding fall, twisting his arm throughout. George finally made it to his corner and tagged brother Jack who promptly flattened the Phantom and Laye with elbow smashes. Jack Curtis then pinned Laye to win the fall and the match.
Also on Tuesday in Baton Rouge the card featured a double main event. In the first event Charley Keene faced Pat Malone. Keene won the first fall when he pinned Malone following a series of bodyslams. Malone used a Boston Crab to force Keene to submit to win the second fall and even the score. In the third and deciding fall Malone used a back slide on Keene and pinned him to win the match.
In the second main event Jack Wentworth took on Angelo Austeri. Austeri pinned Wentworth after a series of snap mares to win the first fall. Wentworth controlled much of the second fall until Austeri started taking some shortcuts. He floored Wentworth with some body blows and then pinned him following a bodyslam to take the match in two straight falls.
On Wednesday in Alexandria the card featured a double main event. In the first event Charley Keene faced Pat Malone. Malone scored two out of three falls to get a highly disputed win.
The second main event was a World Jr. Heavyweight title match. Angelo Austeri, who had beaten Tarzan White the previous night in Birmingham to become champion, was defending the title against Jack Wentworth. The match was an exciting one, but Austeri defeated Wentworth in two straight falls.
The card scheduled for Gulfport the same evening was to have featured Pat Newman & Paddy Mack, both now making their home in Gulfport, taking on the Black Phantom & newcomer Sheik Ali Khan. The same four were scheduled to square off in two opening preliminary singles matches as well.
Unfortunately the card was cancelled due to severe weather conditions.
The matches in Mobile did take place that same Wednesday evening. The opening match saw newcomer Miguel Torres defeat George (Lefty) Thomas in two straight falls.
The main event was a grudge match between Tarzan White and Jack Kelly. This was the third match in a row between the two and the one the previous week had ended in a double disqualification. White took two out of three falls to win the match and finally gained a clear victory over Kelly.
On Thursday in New Orleans the four match card opened with Charley Keene and Pat Malone fighting to a draw in a one fall bout.
In the second event Angelo Austeri defeated Jack Wentworth in another one fall match.
The third match of the evening, also a one fall match, saw Tarzan White take the victory over Jack Kelly.
The main event was an eight man tag team match with Keene, Wentworth & White teaming with Miguel Torres to meet the foursome of Malone, Austeri, Kelly & George Thomas. The match went to Malone, Austeri, Kelly & Thomas when they took two out of three falls.
Austeri took the final fall and the match.
On Friday wrestling returned to its regular night in Montgomery after a week off. Miguel Torres faced George (Lefty) Thomas in the opening match of the evening.
In the main event, World Jr. Heavyweight champion Angelo Austeri took on Jack Wentworth in a non-title match.
No results are known for this card.
Wrestling also returned to Jackson on Friday after a week’s absence. George Curtis and Paddy Mack fought to a draw in the opening preliminary match.
In the semi-final match, Charlie Laye took two straight falls to defeated Billy Sandow, using an abdominal stretch to force Sandow to submit in each fall.
The main event featured the Vicksburg trio of Henry Harrell & Jack & George Curtis taking on Paddy Mack, the Black Phantom and Sheik Ali Khan, finally making his debut, in a six-man tag team match. Khan was impressive in his initial start as he carried the bulk of the match for his team. He pinned Jack Curtis to take the opening fall while Harrell defeated the Phantom to win the second fall and evened the score. The Sheik once again dominated the action throughout the third and deciding fall, until turning things over to Mack. Mack was almost immediately pinned by Jack Curtis to give the fall and the match to the popular threesome from Vicksburg. Following the match, Ali Khan called for announcer Bob Neblett to enter the ring. He called promoter Billy Romanoff to ringside and issued a challenge to Jack Curtis for the World Light-Heavyweight title. Khan also said that he was willing to put up any amount of money in order to secure the title match.
The following Monday in Shreveport Sheik Ali Khan continued to press Jack Curtis into action when he took on younger brother George Curtis in the first match of the evening. Khan was disqualified by referee Conway Baker for unnecessary roughness. George Curtis was awarded the match, but Khan felt certain that he had made his point with big brother Jack.
In the semi-final match Paddy Mack took two straight falls over Billy Sandow to win the match. Sandow was a last minute substitute for Henry Harrell who was unable to appear. Mack claimed that Harrell was afraid of him and thus skipped out on the match.
Jack Curtis put his World Light-Heavyweight title up for grabs against Charlie Laye in the main event. Laye forced Curtis to submit to an armlock to win the first fall. Curtis came back and pinned Laye after applying a piledriver to win the second fall. Following the pin, Curtis kicked Laye from the ring and he had to be carried back to the dressing room. At the start of the third and deciding fall, Laye was still unconscious in the dressing room and was unable to return to the ring. Curtis was awarded the fall and the match by way of a forfeit and kept in title in place.
On Tuesday in Monroe Billy Sandow met Charlie Laye in the opening match. Sandow’s woes continued as Laye took two straight falls to defeat him for the match.
In the main event World Light-Heavyweight champion Jack Curtis faced the Black Phantom in a non-title match. Billy Romanoff was assigned as the special referee. Curtis had the masked man reeling with a series of flying mares in the first fall. Curtis flattened the Phantom with an elbow smash and pinned him to take the fall. The Phantom worked over Curtis’ arm throughout the second fall, at one point ramming it into the metal bolt that attached the turnbuckle to the top rope. Despite the pain in his arm, Curtis turned his attention to trying to remove the Phantom’s mask. He was tugging away on it until the Phantom tossed him from the ring. The masked man followed him out and was attempting to slam him on the arena floor when referee Romanoff forced him to get back in the ring. Curtis also managed to reenter the ring, but was too weak to keep the
Phantom from pinning him for the second fall. In the third and deciding fall the Phantom rammed Curtis’ arm into the corner turnbuckle once again. The masked man continued to work on Curtis’ arm until he was forced to submit. Romanoff awarded the fall and the match to the Phantom as the audience sat in stunned silence.
Also on Tuesday in Baton Rouge the card opened with a women’s match between popular Lilly Bitter and Millie Stafford. Stafford won the first fall of the match when she pinned Bitter in 11 minutes after a series of bodyslams. Bitter evened things when she pinned Stafford in 13 minutes following a kangaroo kick. Bitter used a series of snap mares and a pin to defeated Stafford in 16 minutes to win the third fall and the match.
In the main event Miguel Torres took on rough Angelo Austeri. Torres forced Austeri to submit to a leg twist to win the first fall. Austeri used a series of slams on Torres and pinned him to win the second fall. The third and deciding fall went back and forth several times before Torres upended Austeri and pinned him to win the fall and the match.
The following night in Alexandria featured a double main event. In the first event Miguel Torres, new to the area but quickly becoming a favorite, faced off with the rugged Angelo Austeri. The match was even at a fall apiece going into the third and deciding fall. Torres forced Austeri to submit to a stepover toehold to win the third fall and the match.
The second main event was a women’s match with popular Lilly Bitter facing her main nemesis Millie Stafford. Stafford used rough tactics on her way to pinning Bitter to take the first fall. Bitter came back with a series of dropkicks and a pin on Stafford to win the second fall. Bitter also took the third and deciding fall when she whipped Stafford from the ropes and onto her head.
That same Wednesday evening in Gulfport the featured card was a repeat of the card that had been cancelled the previous week due to weather. Paddy Mack and Sheik Ali Khan wrestled to a 15 minute draw in the opening match. Pat Newman and the Black Phantom also fought to a 15 minute draw in the second match.
In the main event Newman & Mack teamed to take on the Panther & Khan. Mack used a series of body tackles and pinned the Phantom to win the first fall in 9 minutes. Newman continually whipped Khan from corner to corner and pinned him to win the second fall in 12 minutes, giving Mack & Newman the match in straight falls.
Also on Wednesday the Mobile card saw Charley Keene and Jack Kelly battle to a draw in the opener. Tarzan White and Pat Malone also fought to a draw in the second event.
The main event was a tag team match with Keene & White taking on Kelly & Malone. Kelly & Malone won two out of three falls to win the match.
In New Orleans the following night, Miguel Torres defeated Jack Kelly in two straight falls in the opening match. Torres used and armlock on Kelly to force him to submit to take the first fall. Kelly’s arm was injured during the fall and he was unable to continue giving the second fall to Torres on a forfeit.
The semi-final match was a match between bitter rivals Tarzan White and Angelo Austeri. Austeri had beaten White the previous week to claim to the World Jr. Heavyweight crown, although this was a non-title match. The match was even at a fall apiece going into the third and deciding fall. White had Austeri reeling with a series of football tackles and dropkicks and appeared to be close to victory until he missed a dropkick and was pinned.
On Friday in Montgomery the card opened with a women’s match between Lilly Bitter and Millie Stafford. Bitter won the first and third falls to earn the victory over Stafford.
In the main event Charley Keene took two out of three falls to win his match with Jack Kelly.
Also on Friday in Jackson Henry Harrell and Charlie Laye battled to a terrific 45 minute draw in the opening match.
The Black Phantom continued to add to Billy Sandow’s problems as he defeated him fairly quickly in the second event of the evening.
The main event was the much anticipated match between World Light-Heavyweight champion Jack Curtis and Sheik Ali Khan. Although this was a non-title match the fans were eager to see what Curtis could do with the sensational Arabian. Khan won the first fall when he used a hammerlock on Curtis’ sore arm and forced him to submit. Despite the advantage, the Sheik never got back into the match. He lost both the second and third falls by countout, giving Curtis a decisive victory.
Watching the main event with great interest was Paddy Mack, seated in the upper seats of the Auditorium. Mack later stated that he could have beaten Curtis with one eye closed and threw his hat in the ring for a title bout.
The following Monday in Shreveport the card featured a double main event.
In the first bout Henry Harrell face off with Paddy Mack in a redo of the match they were scheduled to have the previous week. Mack won the first fall when he forced Harrell to submit to a stepover toehold in 18 minutes. Mack made it two straight when he used a series of bodyslams on Harrell and pinned him in 20 minutes to take the fall and the match. Mack issued a challenge to Jack Curtis for a title match following the victory.
In the second event Jack & George Curtis faced Sheik Ali Khan & the Black Phantom in a tag team match. The Phantom pinned Curtis after a series of bodyslams to win the first fall in 18 minutes. Jack Curtis pinned Khan to take the second fall in 8 minutes to even the score. George Curtis flattened the Phantoms with dropkicks and pinned him in 30 minutes to take the third fall and the match for the Curtis Brothers.
The final cards of October were held on Tuesday, Halloween night. In Monroe, the card featured a double main event with George Curtis facing Charlie Laye in the first event. Each man had won a fall apiece going into the final fall. During the third fall Curtis had Laye up on his shoulders but got too close to the ropes. Laye grabbed the top rope and Curtis dropped him over and out of the ring. Laye dragged Curtis out with him and the two battled briefly on the arena floor. Laye then reentered the ring with Curtis not far behind him. Laye then grabbed Curtis and tossed him out once again. Special referee Rex Mobley decided that Laye had overstepped the line and disqualified him, giving the fall and the match to Curtis.
The main event was a World Light-Heavyweight title match between champion Jack Curtis and challenger the Black Phantom. It was announced that should the Phantom win the title he would have to unmask and reveal his name in order to keep the title. Rex Mobley, himself a former champion, was assigned as the special referee. The Phantom wore Curtis down with a chokehold and pinned him to take the first fall. Curtis came back and simply outslugged the masked man and pinned him after a flying mare to take the second fall and even the score. The Phantom worked over Curtis’ arm throughout the third and deciding fall. Finally with Curtis sufficiently weakened, the Phantom pinned Curtis for a real upset. Referee Mobley brought the title belt into the ring and told the Phantom to remove his mask. The Phantom balked at the idea and left the ring, refusing to reveal himself and leaving the title in the hands of Commissioner Dave Silverstein.
The same Tuesday evening in Baton Rouge Lilly Bitter, the teen sensation of the women’s wrestling ranks, faced veteran Mae Young in the opening match of the evening. Bitter won the first fall when she used a backslide on Young and pinned her. Young used a series of kicks to Bitter’s stomach and pinned her to win the second fall and even things up. In the third and deciding fall, Young tried to use a kangaroo kick on Bitter but missed. This caused her to injure her back and she was easily pinned by Bitter to win the fall and the match.
In the main event Miguel Torres faced off with Irish Jack Kelly. Kelly used a series of bodyslams on Torres and pinned him to win the first fall. Torres came back and took the second fall when he forced Kelly to submit to a single leg Boston Crab. Kelly flattened Torres with a series of dropkicks and a body slam to pin him to win the third fall and the match.
The first card in October was held on Monday in Shreveport. The card opened with a one fall women’s match. Millie Stafford defeated Lilly Bitter in that match.
In the semi-final George Curtis and Charlie Laye met in a best two out of three falls match. Curtis scored the opening fall after he pinned Laye. Laye came back and won the next two falls straight to win the match.
In the main event Jack Curtis teamed with his protégé Lilly Bitter to take on the Black Phantom & Millie Stafford in a mixed tag team match. The Phantom pinned Curtis after stomping him in the throat to win the first fall. Curtis evened the score when he pinned the Phantom after a series of flying mares to win the second fall. In the third and deciding fall Bitter hit Stafford with a series of dropkicks and pinned her to win the fall and the match.
On Tuesday in Monroe, George Curtis faced Billy Sandow in the first of a double main event. Curtis took two out of three falls from Sandow to win the match, which was a hard fought but clean match.
In the main event Henry Harrell made his first appearance in Monroe in months as he took on the Black Phantom. The Phantom took the first fall when he pinned Harrell in 12 minutes. Harrell came back and scored the second fall with a pin in 8 minutes. In the third and deciding fall Harrell had the Phantom up against the ropes and was attempting to unlace his mask. Referee Bill Barney tried in vain to break up the action only to be shoved by Harrell. Barney disqualified Harrell and awarded the match to the Phantom, who quickly left the ring with his mask in place. Harrell and Barney squared off and were about to go at it until promoter Gus Kallio interceded.
That same Tuesday evening in Baton Rouge the opening match of the evening ended with a draw between Don Keene and Angelo Austeri.
Charley Keene pinned Jack (Stinger) Steele to win the second match of the night.
In the main event, Charley & Don Keene teamed up to take on Austeri & Steele in a tag team match. Charley Keene pinned Steele after a series of bodyslams to win the first fall. Austeri used a single leg Boston Crab to force Don Keene to submit to win the second fall. In the third and deciding fall, Don Keene flattened Steele with a dropkick and quickly tagged his brother. Charley Keene applied the pin to win the fall and the match for the Keene Brothers.
Also on Tuesday, wrestling in Montgomery was presented instead of the regular Friday night card. On that card Jack Wentworth took the first and third falls to defeat Pat Malone in the opening match.
The main event featured a match between Tarzan White taking on Jack Kelly. Each man had won a fall apiece going into the third and deciding fall. Kelly was disqualified for using a foul, giving the fall and the match to White.
The following evening in Alexandria Don Keene and Angelo Austeri battled to a draw in a one fall opening match.
Big Brother Charley Keene faced Jack Steele in a second one fall match. Steele got a little too carried away with his fists and was disqualified, giving the match to Keene.
The Keene Brothers joined forces in the main event as they faced off with Austeri & Steele in a tag team match. In the first fall Austeri had Charley Keene up in the air for a bodyslam, but Keene wrapped up Austeri’s arms and rolled him into a pinning combination to take the fall. Don Keene was the victim of double teaming in the second fall and was pinned by Austeri who used a jackknife to score the fall. In the third and deciding fall the match went back and forth several times until the Keene Brothers tied Austeri in the ropes. They then battered Steele and picked him up and used him as a battering ram into Austeri. Steele was then slammed to the match and Don Keene pinned him to win the fall and the match.
That same evening in Gulfport George Curtis and Charlie Laye battled to a draw in a one fall preliminary match.
The second preliminary match was a women’s match between Lilly Bitter and Millie Stafford. Stafford used a jackknife to pin Bitter and win the match.
The main event was a mixed tag team match with George Curtis & Lilly Bitter teaming to take on Charlie Laye & Millie Stafford. Laye won the first fall for his team when he forced Curtis to submit to a Boston Crab in 11 minutes. Curtis returned the favor when he forced Laye to submit to an abdominal stretch to take the second fall in 14 minutes. During the third and deciding fall Bitter had scooped Stafford up for a bodyslam but Stafford grabbed the ropes and held on for dear life. Referee Arthur Skidmore moved in to force Bitter to put her foe down and break the hold. Bitter simply tossed Stafford into the arms of Skidmore, who set her down gently on the mat. Bitter then hit Stafford with a series of dropkicks and pinned her to win the fall and the match for her team.
Wrestling also returned to Mobile that same Wednesday evening. Pat Malone defeated Jack Wentworth in the opening match by winning two out of three falls. Malone, the erstwhile Green Shadow, had once again shed the mask and was wrestling barefaced under his own name.
Jack Kelly took two out of three falls to defeat Tarzan White in the main event of the evening.
The next evening in New Orleans Charley Keene and Jack Steele battled to a draw in the one fall opening match.
Jack Wentworth defeated Pat Malone in the second preliminary match, which was also a one fall match.
The semi-final match was a 15 round boxing match between Don Keene and Jack Kelly. In round five Kelly knocked Keene from the ring and referee Charlie Cure counted him out. The bout was awarded to Kelly in five rounds.
The main event had World Jr. Heavyweight champion Tarzan White facing Angelo Austeri in a non-title match. White won two out of three falls over Austeri to win the match.
On Friday in Jackson, George Curtis and Charlie Laye battled to yet another draw in the one fall opening match.
In the second event of the evening Henry Harrell defeated Billy Sandow in a clean, scientific one fall match.
The main event was another mixed tag team match with Jack Curtis & Lilly Bitter taking on the Black Phantom & Millie Stafford. Curtis used a series of bodyslams on the Phantom and pinned him to take the first fall. The masked man came back did likewise to Curtis to win the second fall and even the score. The third and deciding fall found all four combatants in the ring at the same time. At one point Curtis scooped up Stafford and spun her in an airplane spin. Referee Claude Skidmore demanded that Curtis put the lass down so Curtis simply tossed her at Skidmore, who caught Stafford in his arms. Curtis then grabbed the Phantom and held him in a corner while Bitter flattened the dizzy Stafford and pinned her to win the fall and the match.
The following week in Shreveport the card opened with three preliminary matches. In the first Charlie Laye defeated Billy Sandow by pinning him in 18 minutes after a series of dropkicks and bodyslams.
The second match of the evening had George Curtis going against the Black Phantom. The Phantom was disqualified by referee Conway Baker for use of fists, giving the match to Curtis
In the third preliminary match Jack Curtis faced Paddy Mack, returning after several months’ absence. Curtis used a series of bodyslams and pinned Mack in 17 minutes to win the match.
The main event was a six-man tag team match with Billy Sandow joining forces with Jack & George Curtis to face the threesome of Charlie Laye, Paddy Mack & the Black Phantom. George Curtis pinned Laye after a series of bodyslams to take the first fall. Laye came back and roughed up Sandow and pinned him to win the second fall. George Curtis won the third and deciding fall for his team when he flatted Mack with a series of flying dropkicks and pinned him.
On Tuesday in Monroe, George Curtis and the Black Phantom battled to a draw in the one fall opening match. The second match of the evening, also a one fall affair between Henry Harrell and Garza Lozano also went to a time limit draw.
In the main event George Curtis & Henry Harrell teamed to take on Garza Lozano & the Black Phantom in a tag team match. Lozano pinned Harrell to take the first fall for his team. In the second fall Curtis and Lozano took turns trading elbow smashes while Harrell and the Phantom battled in a corner. Curtis knocked Lozano from the ring while Harrell rolled the Phantom into a pinning cradle. Referee Claude Skidmore, not sure who was legal and who wasn’t, counted the Phantom out and awarded the second fall to Harrell & Curtis. During the third and deciding fall an argument erupted between Lozano and Skidmore, with the referee chasing Lozano from the ring. The Phantom finally pinned Curtis to take the fall and the match for his team.
That same Tuesday evening in Baton Rouge the card opened with a pair of singles matches, both involving the Keene Brothers. Charley Keene pinned Angelo Austeri in 9 minutes to win the opening match.
Don Keene was awarded the single match of the evening when his opponent, Pat Malone, was disqualified by referee Blackie Harrelson for excessive roughness.
In the main event the Keene Brothers joined forces to face Austeri & Malone in a tag team match. Don Keene took the first fall for his team when he pinned Malone. Malone came back and forced Charley Keene to submit to a Boston Crab to win the second. Austeri used a series of backbreakers on Don Keene and pinned him to win the third fall and the match.
For the second week in a row the Montgomery wrestling card was also held on Tuesday. On this card Charley Keene faced Jack Steele in the opening match.
Don Keene, the younger of the two Birmingham brothers, faced Irish Jack Kelly in the main event of the evening.
No results are known for this card.
On Wednesday in Alexandria Charley Keene and Angelo Austeri battled to a draw in a one fall opening match. Don Keene won over Pat Malone in the second match of the evening, also a one faller. Malone was disqualified by referee Phil Brummett for using a low blow on Keene.
Charley & Don Keene teamed up to face Austeri & Malone in a tag team match in the main event. Don Keene pinned Malone to take the first fall for his team. In the second fall Malone used a series of flying mares on Charley Keene and pinned him to take the fall. Austeri managed to duck a flying tackle by Don Keene and pinned him to win the third fall and the match.
That same Wednesday evening in Gulfport the Black Phantom and Paddy Mack wrestled to a 15 minute draw in the opening match. Pat Newman and Charlie Laye also battled to a 15 minute draw in the second event of the evening.
In the main event Newman & Mack teamed together to face Charlie Laye & the Black Phantom in a tag team match. Newman pinned the Phantom to win the first fall in 15 minutes. In the second fall, Laye & the Phantom tied Mack in the ropes and were double teaming him. Referee Arthur Skidmore tried to break thing up and wound up being knocked to the mat for his troubles. Newman managed to get Mack free and all four men started swing at each other. Skidmore got some blows in as well. Newman & Mack took the second fall when they just beat their opponents into submission, winning the match in straight falls.
Also on Wednesday in Mobile, Jack Wentworth took two out of three falls over Red Byrd to win the opening match.
In the main event Tarzan White and Jack Kelly met in a rematch from the previous week. Each man had won a fall apiece when both were disqualified in the deciding fall.
On Thursday in New Orleans Don Keene and Pat Malone battled to a 30 minute draw in the one fall opening match.
Older brother Charley Keene took the nod over veteran Cyclone Burns in the second match of the evening, also a one fall affair.
In the semi-final match Jack Wentworth and Jack Kelly met in a best two out of three falls match. Kelly bloodied Wentworth on his way to winning two falls to win the match.
The main event was a return match between World Jr. Heavyweight champion Tarzan White and Angele Austeri. White had defeated Austeri the previous week and Austeri asked for the rematch. White’s title was not on the line. Austeri took two out of three falls to win the match.
The Friday night wrestling matches in Jackson were not held due to the Municipal Auditorium in use for another event.
The following Monday in Shreveport the card opened with the Black Phantom defeating Billy Sandow in 17 minutes of the one fall preliminary match.
George Curtis faced Paddy Mack in the second event of the evening. Curtis used a series of flying dropkicks on Mack and pinned him to take the first fall. In the second fall Mack got angry with referee Conway Baker and tossed him from the ring. Baker disqualified Mack and awarded the fall and the match to Curtis.
In the main event World Light-Heavyweight champion Jack Curtis put his title on the line against challenger Charlie Laye. Laye, a one time champion himself, was anxious to regain the title he once held. The match was even at a fall apiece going into the third and deciding fall. Laye had Curtis on the verge of defeat after applying a series of snap mares on him. Laye tried it one time too many when Curtis surprised him with a rolling cradle and pinned him to win the fall and the match to retain his title.
On Tuesday in Monroe George Curtis and Charlie Laye battle to a draw in the opening bout. Jack Curtis and the Black Phantom also fought to a draw in the second event of the evening.
In the main event, Jack & George Curtis face Laye & the Phantom in a tag team match. George Curtis slammed a fist into the head of the Phantom and pinned him to win the first fall. In the second fall the Phantom & Laye worked over Jack Curtis’ arm throughout the fall. Although Curtis never submitted, referee Bill Barney stopped the fall and awarded it to the Phantom & Laye. The Phantom & Laye used the same tactics on George Curtis in the third and deciding fall, twisting his arm throughout. George finally made it to his corner and tagged brother Jack who promptly flattened the Phantom and Laye with elbow smashes. Jack Curtis then pinned Laye to win the fall and the match.
Also on Tuesday in Baton Rouge the card featured a double main event. In the first event Charley Keene faced Pat Malone. Keene won the first fall when he pinned Malone following a series of bodyslams. Malone used a Boston Crab to force Keene to submit to win the second fall and even the score. In the third and deciding fall Malone used a back slide on Keene and pinned him to win the match.
In the second main event Jack Wentworth took on Angelo Austeri. Austeri pinned Wentworth after a series of snap mares to win the first fall. Wentworth controlled much of the second fall until Austeri started taking some shortcuts. He floored Wentworth with some body blows and then pinned him following a bodyslam to take the match in two straight falls.
On Wednesday in Alexandria the card featured a double main event. In the first event Charley Keene faced Pat Malone. Malone scored two out of three falls to get a highly disputed win.
The second main event was a World Jr. Heavyweight title match. Angelo Austeri, who had beaten Tarzan White the previous night in Birmingham to become champion, was defending the title against Jack Wentworth. The match was an exciting one, but Austeri defeated Wentworth in two straight falls.
The card scheduled for Gulfport the same evening was to have featured Pat Newman & Paddy Mack, both now making their home in Gulfport, taking on the Black Phantom & newcomer Sheik Ali Khan. The same four were scheduled to square off in two opening preliminary singles matches as well.
Unfortunately the card was cancelled due to severe weather conditions.
The matches in Mobile did take place that same Wednesday evening. The opening match saw newcomer Miguel Torres defeat George (Lefty) Thomas in two straight falls.
The main event was a grudge match between Tarzan White and Jack Kelly. This was the third match in a row between the two and the one the previous week had ended in a double disqualification. White took two out of three falls to win the match and finally gained a clear victory over Kelly.
On Thursday in New Orleans the four match card opened with Charley Keene and Pat Malone fighting to a draw in a one fall bout.
In the second event Angelo Austeri defeated Jack Wentworth in another one fall match.
The third match of the evening, also a one fall match, saw Tarzan White take the victory over Jack Kelly.
The main event was an eight man tag team match with Keene, Wentworth & White teaming with Miguel Torres to meet the foursome of Malone, Austeri, Kelly & George Thomas. The match went to Malone, Austeri, Kelly & Thomas when they took two out of three falls.
Austeri took the final fall and the match.
On Friday wrestling returned to its regular night in Montgomery after a week off. Miguel Torres faced George (Lefty) Thomas in the opening match of the evening.
In the main event, World Jr. Heavyweight champion Angelo Austeri took on Jack Wentworth in a non-title match.
No results are known for this card.
Wrestling also returned to Jackson on Friday after a week’s absence. George Curtis and Paddy Mack fought to a draw in the opening preliminary match.
In the semi-final match, Charlie Laye took two straight falls to defeated Billy Sandow, using an abdominal stretch to force Sandow to submit in each fall.
The main event featured the Vicksburg trio of Henry Harrell & Jack & George Curtis taking on Paddy Mack, the Black Phantom and Sheik Ali Khan, finally making his debut, in a six-man tag team match. Khan was impressive in his initial start as he carried the bulk of the match for his team. He pinned Jack Curtis to take the opening fall while Harrell defeated the Phantom to win the second fall and evened the score. The Sheik once again dominated the action throughout the third and deciding fall, until turning things over to Mack. Mack was almost immediately pinned by Jack Curtis to give the fall and the match to the popular threesome from Vicksburg. Following the match, Ali Khan called for announcer Bob Neblett to enter the ring. He called promoter Billy Romanoff to ringside and issued a challenge to Jack Curtis for the World Light-Heavyweight title. Khan also said that he was willing to put up any amount of money in order to secure the title match.
The following Monday in Shreveport Sheik Ali Khan continued to press Jack Curtis into action when he took on younger brother George Curtis in the first match of the evening. Khan was disqualified by referee Conway Baker for unnecessary roughness. George Curtis was awarded the match, but Khan felt certain that he had made his point with big brother Jack.
In the semi-final match Paddy Mack took two straight falls over Billy Sandow to win the match. Sandow was a last minute substitute for Henry Harrell who was unable to appear. Mack claimed that Harrell was afraid of him and thus skipped out on the match.
Jack Curtis put his World Light-Heavyweight title up for grabs against Charlie Laye in the main event. Laye forced Curtis to submit to an armlock to win the first fall. Curtis came back and pinned Laye after applying a piledriver to win the second fall. Following the pin, Curtis kicked Laye from the ring and he had to be carried back to the dressing room. At the start of the third and deciding fall, Laye was still unconscious in the dressing room and was unable to return to the ring. Curtis was awarded the fall and the match by way of a forfeit and kept in title in place.
On Tuesday in Monroe Billy Sandow met Charlie Laye in the opening match. Sandow’s woes continued as Laye took two straight falls to defeat him for the match.
In the main event World Light-Heavyweight champion Jack Curtis faced the Black Phantom in a non-title match. Billy Romanoff was assigned as the special referee. Curtis had the masked man reeling with a series of flying mares in the first fall. Curtis flattened the Phantom with an elbow smash and pinned him to take the fall. The Phantom worked over Curtis’ arm throughout the second fall, at one point ramming it into the metal bolt that attached the turnbuckle to the top rope. Despite the pain in his arm, Curtis turned his attention to trying to remove the Phantom’s mask. He was tugging away on it until the Phantom tossed him from the ring. The masked man followed him out and was attempting to slam him on the arena floor when referee Romanoff forced him to get back in the ring. Curtis also managed to reenter the ring, but was too weak to keep the
Phantom from pinning him for the second fall. In the third and deciding fall the Phantom rammed Curtis’ arm into the corner turnbuckle once again. The masked man continued to work on Curtis’ arm until he was forced to submit. Romanoff awarded the fall and the match to the Phantom as the audience sat in stunned silence.
Also on Tuesday in Baton Rouge the card opened with a women’s match between popular Lilly Bitter and Millie Stafford. Stafford won the first fall of the match when she pinned Bitter in 11 minutes after a series of bodyslams. Bitter evened things when she pinned Stafford in 13 minutes following a kangaroo kick. Bitter used a series of snap mares and a pin to defeated Stafford in 16 minutes to win the third fall and the match.
In the main event Miguel Torres took on rough Angelo Austeri. Torres forced Austeri to submit to a leg twist to win the first fall. Austeri used a series of slams on Torres and pinned him to win the second fall. The third and deciding fall went back and forth several times before Torres upended Austeri and pinned him to win the fall and the match.
The following night in Alexandria featured a double main event. In the first event Miguel Torres, new to the area but quickly becoming a favorite, faced off with the rugged Angelo Austeri. The match was even at a fall apiece going into the third and deciding fall. Torres forced Austeri to submit to a stepover toehold to win the third fall and the match.
The second main event was a women’s match with popular Lilly Bitter facing her main nemesis Millie Stafford. Stafford used rough tactics on her way to pinning Bitter to take the first fall. Bitter came back with a series of dropkicks and a pin on Stafford to win the second fall. Bitter also took the third and deciding fall when she whipped Stafford from the ropes and onto her head.
That same Wednesday evening in Gulfport the featured card was a repeat of the card that had been cancelled the previous week due to weather. Paddy Mack and Sheik Ali Khan wrestled to a 15 minute draw in the opening match. Pat Newman and the Black Phantom also fought to a 15 minute draw in the second match.
In the main event Newman & Mack teamed to take on the Panther & Khan. Mack used a series of body tackles and pinned the Phantom to win the first fall in 9 minutes. Newman continually whipped Khan from corner to corner and pinned him to win the second fall in 12 minutes, giving Mack & Newman the match in straight falls.
Also on Wednesday the Mobile card saw Charley Keene and Jack Kelly battle to a draw in the opener. Tarzan White and Pat Malone also fought to a draw in the second event.
The main event was a tag team match with Keene & White taking on Kelly & Malone. Kelly & Malone won two out of three falls to win the match.
In New Orleans the following night, Miguel Torres defeated Jack Kelly in two straight falls in the opening match. Torres used and armlock on Kelly to force him to submit to take the first fall. Kelly’s arm was injured during the fall and he was unable to continue giving the second fall to Torres on a forfeit.
The semi-final match was a match between bitter rivals Tarzan White and Angelo Austeri. Austeri had beaten White the previous week to claim to the World Jr. Heavyweight crown, although this was a non-title match. The match was even at a fall apiece going into the third and deciding fall. White had Austeri reeling with a series of football tackles and dropkicks and appeared to be close to victory until he missed a dropkick and was pinned.
On Friday in Montgomery the card opened with a women’s match between Lilly Bitter and Millie Stafford. Bitter won the first and third falls to earn the victory over Stafford.
In the main event Charley Keene took two out of three falls to win his match with Jack Kelly.
Also on Friday in Jackson Henry Harrell and Charlie Laye battled to a terrific 45 minute draw in the opening match.
The Black Phantom continued to add to Billy Sandow’s problems as he defeated him fairly quickly in the second event of the evening.
The main event was the much anticipated match between World Light-Heavyweight champion Jack Curtis and Sheik Ali Khan. Although this was a non-title match the fans were eager to see what Curtis could do with the sensational Arabian. Khan won the first fall when he used a hammerlock on Curtis’ sore arm and forced him to submit. Despite the advantage, the Sheik never got back into the match. He lost both the second and third falls by countout, giving Curtis a decisive victory.
Watching the main event with great interest was Paddy Mack, seated in the upper seats of the Auditorium. Mack later stated that he could have beaten Curtis with one eye closed and threw his hat in the ring for a title bout.
The following Monday in Shreveport the card featured a double main event.
In the first bout Henry Harrell face off with Paddy Mack in a redo of the match they were scheduled to have the previous week. Mack won the first fall when he forced Harrell to submit to a stepover toehold in 18 minutes. Mack made it two straight when he used a series of bodyslams on Harrell and pinned him in 20 minutes to take the fall and the match. Mack issued a challenge to Jack Curtis for a title match following the victory.
In the second event Jack & George Curtis faced Sheik Ali Khan & the Black Phantom in a tag team match. The Phantom pinned Curtis after a series of bodyslams to win the first fall in 18 minutes. Jack Curtis pinned Khan to take the second fall in 8 minutes to even the score. George Curtis flattened the Phantoms with dropkicks and pinned him in 30 minutes to take the third fall and the match for the Curtis Brothers.
The final cards of October were held on Tuesday, Halloween night. In Monroe, the card featured a double main event with George Curtis facing Charlie Laye in the first event. Each man had won a fall apiece going into the final fall. During the third fall Curtis had Laye up on his shoulders but got too close to the ropes. Laye grabbed the top rope and Curtis dropped him over and out of the ring. Laye dragged Curtis out with him and the two battled briefly on the arena floor. Laye then reentered the ring with Curtis not far behind him. Laye then grabbed Curtis and tossed him out once again. Special referee Rex Mobley decided that Laye had overstepped the line and disqualified him, giving the fall and the match to Curtis.
The main event was a World Light-Heavyweight title match between champion Jack Curtis and challenger the Black Phantom. It was announced that should the Phantom win the title he would have to unmask and reveal his name in order to keep the title. Rex Mobley, himself a former champion, was assigned as the special referee. The Phantom wore Curtis down with a chokehold and pinned him to take the first fall. Curtis came back and simply outslugged the masked man and pinned him after a flying mare to take the second fall and even the score. The Phantom worked over Curtis’ arm throughout the third and deciding fall. Finally with Curtis sufficiently weakened, the Phantom pinned Curtis for a real upset. Referee Mobley brought the title belt into the ring and told the Phantom to remove his mask. The Phantom balked at the idea and left the ring, refusing to reveal himself and leaving the title in the hands of Commissioner Dave Silverstein.
The same Tuesday evening in Baton Rouge Lilly Bitter, the teen sensation of the women’s wrestling ranks, faced veteran Mae Young in the opening match of the evening. Bitter won the first fall when she used a backslide on Young and pinned her. Young used a series of kicks to Bitter’s stomach and pinned her to win the second fall and even things up. In the third and deciding fall, Young tried to use a kangaroo kick on Bitter but missed. This caused her to injure her back and she was easily pinned by Bitter to win the fall and the match.
In the main event Miguel Torres faced off with Irish Jack Kelly. Kelly used a series of bodyslams on Torres and pinned him to win the first fall. Torres came back and took the second fall when he forced Kelly to submit to a single leg Boston Crab. Kelly flattened Torres with a series of dropkicks and a body slam to pin him to win the third fall and the match.
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Review of Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling: A Recap of October 1950.
Author: Michael Norris of Gulf Coast Wrestling History: 1950-1977.
Updated: July 11, 2019.
Editor: Jimmy Wheeler.
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Review of Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling: A Recap of October 1950.
Author: Michael Norris of Gulf Coast Wrestling History: 1950-1977.
Updated: July 11, 2019.
Editor: Jimmy Wheeler.
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